Unpopular opinion i guess but here we go. The event was scripted but not the fight. Mike’s knee was hurt, he came into the fight bandaged and on some videos of him prefight you can see how slow and wobbly he is on his feet. He came in hot but after round two it seems like he hurt his knee. Round 3-8 Mike was basically standing his ground in peekaboo stance and had no real ability to enter the longer reach of Jake who didn’t force an early decision and played it out respectfully while still having to be careful about Mike’s hands. I personally enjoyed the event, we all have this question in some form at some point: “What if this old legend came back into the sport, would he/her be able to compete?”. I didn’t come to watch a carnage, i was curious, how far the legend could push himself at 58 and i got my answer, i was entertained.
It was rigged?
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doortodeath@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Nikls94@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Totally. There’s been so many instances in German TV from shows that appear to be live and such, but end up being scripted. Two examples: “The Voice of Germany” purposefully forces people to sing songs they can’t perform well, and if they do perform well, they end up being kicked anyway. If they don’t sing the song - same. From the beginning, they know when every single one leaves the show and who ends up winning. Same goes for “germanys next topmodel”. It’s got a scripted progression with unscripted “story”.
That‘s why when someone is really bad, the jury often says “you did bad today, but I got a feeling you’ll be much better tomorrow, so you stay in!”
Don’t think the DEI people won by talent.
Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 51 minutes ago
What a stupid and hurtful thing to say.
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
I don’t see how Paul wins here at all. Either he beats up a 60 year old man or gets beat by a 60 year old man. There’s no way to look good in this.
Babalugats@lemmy.world 11 minutes ago
lolrightythen@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
He won 40 mil and Mike won 20 mil.
It was dumb, we paid attention, Tyson cashed in. Nobody was hurt. They both won.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Yeah, but I would have really appreciated it if Paul was hit KO. Would have made everything just a bit nicer.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 11 hours ago
Nobody was hurt
I mean, they both also won just a little bit of CTE.
Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com 14 hours ago
Hit the old man enough to win by decision but not actually hurt him. That’s the only real winning path - and exactly what happened.
Microw@lemm.ee 14 hours ago
Meh it’s the 60 year old man’s decision to fight. Your argument is in the same vein as “you can’t fight against a woman”. If they want it, so be it.
1984@lemmy.today 3 hours ago
I wouldn’t fight a woman just because she wants it. I would feel horrible beating her up. I guess you wouldn’t.
pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
That’s not a fair comparison, age matters, most people don’t get smarter or stronger when they grow old. More fair comparison would be “you can’t fight against a child”, some children are quite strong for their age, as Mike definitely is for his age, and some eager children would surely want to fight against a professional in his prime. But there’s no point for said professional to fight them apart from a show match, and you don’t destroy children or elders in a show match even of you can.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Other then the fact of “money” I don’t see why Tyson did this. He’s a fuckin legend and he knows he’s better then this hothead youtuber. Paul his boxing pants are worth 1million because it’s full of diamonds. How far from reality do you want to live. But whatever.
Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
If anyone actually watched the whole thing, Tyson came out hot and Paul had a moment of fear. Then old man got hit a few times and looked like he was about to wobble to the ground.
I thought it was gonna be fake and scripted. And most of it was. But, Mike came out hot and it was pretty clear Paul could have taken him out a number of times but didn’t. He didn’t want to hurt him.
Look, I don’t like Jake Paul or Mike Tyson. But, it was a media event. It wasn’t “rigged”
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
But, it was a media event. It wasn’t “rigged”
You could gamble on it, which means there was money to be made courting suckers.
I’m sure the lion’s share of “rigged” proclamations were coming from folks who got baited into bad bets.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 13 hours ago
I think Tyson had the power in his arms to do some damage but he just did not have the speed to get in at all after 2 rounds. And he’d leave himself open if he tried.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 13 hours ago
After the 3rd he couldn’t stance, he was flat on his feet.
slaacaa@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Thanks for an actualy summary by someone using their brains. I only watched the first few round, then skipped to the end, but I have the same impression.
Paul was using his head, not wanting kill a 58 yrs old sport legend accidentally. Also, he stayed in distance, to avoid accidentally walking into a stronger punch from Tyson’s shorter arms. The results we have seen are the logical result of these factors, no scripting needed.
Paul and Tyson made 40 and 20 million from this, 120 million ppl watched live on Netflix, so now the phones will not stop ringing at Paul’s promotion agency to make fights like these happen in the future, as I bet a lot of boxers would love to make money like Tyson did.
someguy3@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Thanks for the summary, I was wondering how it went down.
WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Best summary I’ve read.
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
The same people who took this seriously are the same people who mock wrestling fans. And wrestling fans could see through this.
shaserlark@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
What about Mexican wrestling fans? Since they are wearing masks it might be a bit harder for them to see through this.
Moob@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
You buffoon. Those masks have X-ray. They saw better.
zagaberoo@sopuli.xyz 12 hours ago
Wrestling fans know good kayfabe when they see it.
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 5 hours ago
No way, you’re telling me a televised MMA fight was staged?
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 5 hours ago
It was boxing. Nothing to do with mma.
istdaslol@feddit.org 16 hours ago
Fake News, you couldn’t watch the fight on Netflix it was stills between buffers.
But for real who expect an out of form 60yo to do anything but loose.
xkbx@startrek.website 15 hours ago
Things do get looser as you get older
WaxiestSteam69@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
The only way we watched is on my wife’s Ipad and it was because we weren’t watching live. We were about 10 minutes behind the live stream. I tried to join on my Google TV and Netflix would crash.
GlenRambo@jlai.lu 7 hours ago
Watched it outside of USA. Buffered once between rounds. Was fine.
LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 16 hours ago
Glad I didn’t give Netflix any money.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
When I heard it had Jake Paul I lost all interest in the fight
Sanctus@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Of course it was, Tyson isn’t a Saiyan. He ain’t getting stronger at 60.
RedIce25@lemmy.world 55 minutes ago
I don’t understand why people watch that douchebag